homofonía
Spanish, noun/omofoˈnia/
homofonía is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “homophony” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Condición de sonar una palabra de igual modo que otra, habiendo diferencia en el significado”.
What does homofonía mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininehomophony
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Condición de sonar una palabra de igual modo que otra, habiendo diferencia en el significado 2. Forma de canto en que todas las voces tocan la misma nota
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of homofonía
- homofonías plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce homofonía?
- /omofoˈnia/
- [o.mo.foˈni.a]
- [omofoˈnia]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to homofonía
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is homofonía in Spanish?
homofonía appears about once in every 36 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).